Expect plenty of pyrotechnics, theatrics and rock ‘n’ roll when Trans-Siberian Orchestra hits the stage to perform “The Christmas Attic” rock opera this holiday season. “We really like to break down the wall between the band and the audience so everybody feels like they’re part of the show,” said the orchestra’s composer, creator and lyricist Paul O’Neill.

World Wrestling Entertainment’s Hardcore legend Mick Foley wants to entertain fans similar to his wrestling matches, where crowds would ooh and aah over his feats such as being thrown off a 16-foot high steel cage onto a table below.

String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth says he’s all for an experimental version of bluegrass music. “I’m always for the progression of bluegrass as a high musical artform,” said Hollingsworth, who plays piano, organ and a synthesiser.

Rancho Cucamonga magician Phil Jennerjohn, who works in a warehouse for Coca-Cola during the day, is taking a big gulp before he performs a sold-out show in Ontario. “This is a big deal for me,” said Jennerjohn, also known as The Phil Factor.

Multi-Grammy Award-winning Christian gospel singer Bill Gaither has had, by his own estimation, two or three careers in his lifetime. The 78-year-old started his musical career in college, forming a band with his brother and sister in the mid-1950s.

Palm Springs is the hot spot for everything cool. The desert city sparkles throughout the year, but that love of clean lines and sleek designs that just seem to radiate hipness will be showcased during Modernism Weekwhich runs Feb.

Cher, the pop superstar and Oscar winning actress, is back on tour and is “Dressed To Kill” for shows in Ontario and Los Angeles next year as part of a North America tour. The multi-talented artist, who is promoting her latest album “Closer to the Truth,” is scheudled to perform July 5 in Ontario at the Citizens Business Bank Arena and July 7 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.

Academic Performance Index test scores from some schools in the Ontario-Montclair, Fontana Unified and Claremont Unified school districts recently were eliminated because of misconduct or cheating claims.

Prop. 13 helps those on fixed incomes In a recent commentary, Professor Emeritus Ralph E. Shaffer argued the unfairness of Proposition 13, citing a “Tale of Four Houses.” He missed the whole point of Jarvis’ reason for introducing Prop.

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court ordering Ontario noodle manufacturer and distributor Rama Food Manufacture Corp., and officers Karen Trang Ving and Jonathan Ving, to pay 36 current and former employees $195,400 in back wages and liquidated damages.

Artwork from the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens archival collections and reproductions of book illustrations of California wildflowers from gardens' library collection are both on display through June 9.

CLAREMONT -- Seniors presented seniors scholarships recently. There were five scholarships presented to college bound, graduating seniors as part of the first ever Claremont Place "Senior to Senior" Legacy Scholarship program on Feb. 28.

MONTCLAIR - The City Council will consider the fate of its fire services in a special meeting Tuesday night. The council will review two proposals which could outsource the city's fire services to either San Bernardino County Fire or Cal Fire.

CLAREMONT - Jean Ferguson Platt, the founding first lady of Harvey Mudd College, died this week, college officials said. Platt, 91, was the wife of founding president and physics professor Joseph Beaven Platt, who helped establish the college in the 1950s, officials said.

CLAREMONT - School board members on Thursday night agreed to sell two pieces of surplus property. The properties are the Service Center at 700 W. Base Line Road and the La Puerta lot at 2475 N. Forbes Ave. The sales were passed unanimously as separate items.

Former Claremont resident Gursant Singh, 55, has written a book on his life since become a Sikh. Now a resident of Yuba City in Northern California, the former Clark Harris wrote "Confessions of an American Sikh" which is for sale on the online site Amazon.

UPLAND - Nearly $56,000 in campaign contributions have been raised so far by three of the 11 candidates running in the City Council special election, according to their first filed set of campaign statements.

UPLAND - As residents begin to decide which of the 11 candidates running for City Council will get their vote, they may also be thinking of the actions that led to the election being held in the first place.